Alberta

Alberta is thirty-nine years old. She is married and has given birth to two children who are both in school. She lives with her husband and children in a rented apartment in a fishing community in the central region of Ghana. Alberta works hard to support her husband in providing for the family. She is a fish monger. She buys fresh fish, smokes them, and supplies the smoked fish to food vendors. She buys the fresh fish directly from the fishermen in her community. Alberta has been in business for ten years and yearns to increase her stock. It is her desire to give all her children a good education.